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TIL foot massages can lead to uterine contractions and cervical ripening in pregnant women, and can lead to preterm labor

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KDQ6 TIL that Al Capone’s WWI draft card claimed he was a “paper cutter”
ne8AW TIL Japan has been wearing surgical-style masks since 1918 and has become a part of social etiquette. It is also worn as a fashion item and serve as defensive barriers due to social awkwardness. Total sales of disposable face masks amounted to ¥35.8 billion in 2018.
40eR TIL: Most Thermostat Controls in Large Office Buildings Don’t Do Anything
KYe0a TIL that in the original draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, nine Golden Tickets are offered, with more children succumbing to the Factory. One such character and her father (a schoolmaster) are presumably killed and turned into candy that temporarily makes children sick to get out of school
Qd9p TIL that some aboriginal languages have no words for left/right. As a result, instead of ordering a sequence of images showing someone getting older from left to right, like English speakers would, they order them from east to west, regardless of what way they are facing themselves.